[A]ll things are created twice. There is a mental (first) creation, and a physical (second) creation.
The physical creation follows the mental, just as a building follows a blueprint.
If you don’t make a conscious effort to visualize who you are and what you want in life, you empower other people and circumstances to shape you and your life by default.
It’s about connecting again with your own uniqueness, and then defining the personal, moral and ethical guidelines within which you can most happily express and fulfill yourself.
[Beginning with the end in mind] means to begin each day, task or project with a clear vision of your desired direction and destination, and then continue by flexing your proactive muscles to make things happen.

It’s important to understand the law of attraction and how energy is everything.

Everything is energy. Thoughts are energy, and thoughts become things.

(If you’re unfamiliar with this idea, you have to read "The Secret." It's the gateway drug for personal development junkies.)

But as powerful as the law of attraction is, you need to realize it’s a tool.

It’s the mindset you need throughout the process, but it's not the process itself.

Oprah once did a show about it.

Afterward, a viewer wrote in, saying she was considering ending her cancer treatment to try to cure herself with her thoughts instead.

Oprah was like, “No way.”

Understanding and utilizing the power of your thoughts is half of the battle.

The real you is not a puppet, which life pushes around. The real, deep down you is the whole universe.
You are something the whole universe is doing in the same way a wave is something the whole ocean is doing.

You are energy.

You are the very energy of everything else in existence.

You’re the most powerful magnet on Earth.

You deserve to reap the benefits you are attracting, but you have to meet them halfway.